PwC UK has been confirmed as an Approved Verifier by the Climate Bonds Standards Board under the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme. A member of the...
ClientEarth has responded to reports that a possible investigation of Exxon by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will occur into how it has accounted...
Leo Johnson answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. Johnson is a sustainability expert and a partner at global consulting firm PwC, following the acquisition...
Business leaders attending the annual World Economic Forum in Davos are feeling more confident about the global economy, five years since the financial crisis. An annual...
Turnaround Challenge: Business and the City of the Future, by Michael Blowfield and Leo Johnson, is Blue & Green Tomorrow’s 2013 sustainability book of the year. Released...
Many who know the man will find this hard to believe but, by his own admission, Will Day describes himself as a slow learner. In fact,...
Private equity houses are failing to appreciate the value of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and are therefore missing out on opportunities to generate higher...
Shareholder revolts within FTSE 350 companies, on issues such as remuneration reports and the role of auditors in the organisation, have increased since 2010. According to...
Tony Poulter, partner and global head of consulting at accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), has been named as senior independent director of the Green Investment Bank (GIB)...
Twenty-two years ago today, after the Bank of England’s Operation Sandstorm inquiry uncovered “widespread fraud and manipulation”, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was...
While his siblings Boris, Rachel and Jo actively sought out and seemingly enjoy the political and media limelight, Leo Johnson is content working in sustainability. He...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to conduct an investigation into the ethical standards of major audit firms in the UK, after its annual review pulled...
News broke recently that Amazon pays just £2.4m tax on £4.2 billion sales. Meanwhile, the public accounts committee hauled Google in to explain its tax position....
First it was big brands such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google squirming in parliament. Then it was the big four accountancy firms (KPMG, PwC, Ernst &...
Companies with good environmental, social and governance (ESG) records are more likely to strike deals with private equity firms, according to research released earlier this month....